Four Jaish militants killed in Kashmir encounter
Srinagar, Dec 29 (IBNS) :Four Jeish-e-Muhammad militants were shot dead by security forces during an encounter in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday morning, media reports said quoting the police.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation after receiving specific information from intelligence agencies about the presence of terrorists in Rajpora village's Hanjan area under the district
While that the security forces were conducting searches, the terrorists fired on them from their hiding place leading to a gun battle.
Their identity of the slain militants could not be ascertained immediately. The area witnessed intense clashes between locals and security forces after the killings. Internet has been snapped as a precautionary measure.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.